hemorrhagic fever

noun

: any of a diverse group of virus diseases (such as Lassa fever and Ebola) that are usually transmitted by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs, petechiae, and shock

Examples of hemorrhagic fever in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Samples from 13 cases have tested negative for Ebola and Marburg, but WHO said health teams were locally investigating other possible causes, including malaria, food poisoning, typhoid, meningitis or other viral hemorrhagic fever. —Reuters, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025

Samples from 13 cases have tested negative for Ebola and Marburg, but the WHO said health teams were locally investigating other potential causes, including malaria, food poisoning, typhoid, meningitis or other viral hemorrhagic fever. —Reuters, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2025

Another hemorrhagic fever, called Marburg virus, broke out in Tanzania last month. —Nicholas Kristof, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025

Confirmation of Ebola in Uganda is the latest in a trend of outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic fevers in east Africa. —Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hemorrhagic fever

• achiever
• believer
• deceiver
• perceiver
• receiver
• reliever
• retriever
• transceiver
• cleaver
• leaver
• weaver
• unbeliever

Medical Definition

hemorrhagic fever

noun

: any of a diverse group of virus diseases (as Korean hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever, and Ebola) that are usually transmitted to humans by arthropods or rodents and are characterized by a sudden onset, fever, aching, bleeding in the internal organs (as of the gastrointestinal tract), petechiae, and shock